Sorry for the late notice, I just ran across this item. It appears that it will be archived for review after the event.
Whether it Passes or Not, Employee Free Choice Act Can Present Significant Challenges to Health Care Employers
Experts in talent communications and labor law host free Webinar to assist health care HR professionals.
New York, [...]
In the last post, I started to try and unravel the dispute about “choice.” Various pro-business groups and media are saying that the secret ballot election would go away under EFCA, and that workers would not have a choice.
Technically, that appears to be false. What changes is who gets to make the choice. Who chooses [...]
Last night, while watching Anderson Cooper 360 on CNN, I saw a television commercial by proponents of the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA). If memory serves, this commercial has run before. Now that EFCA has been introduced into Congress, expect to see this campaign escalate.
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SCRIPT:
SCREEN: Headline: Frantic Day on Wall Street as Banks Fail [...]
Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) has come out swinging against the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA). The group has an entire Web page of resources devoted to the topic, including this example paycheck stuffer with language you could “borrow:”
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The so-called “employee Free Choice Act” or “card check” legislation would strip away the rights of [...]
After several false starts, current buzz suggests that the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) will be introduced into Congress later today. My ears perked up on Sunday when the topic arose on This Week with George Stephanopoulos – one of the first mentions on a Sunday morning talk news show in quite some time.
Then yesterday, [...]
Two days ago, I participated in a Webcast about the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) that was simply brilliant. It offered a broad perspective on the proposed law – including voices from the various disciplines of politics, business, legal, labor relations and PR.
Someone whose work I admire spoke, and that’s what attracted me. Phillip B. [...]
If a communicator is not tuned into labor relations issues, the big change that the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) represents may not be immediately apparent. With apologies to my international peers, this topic is only relevant for practitioners in America because the legislation will apply exclusively to U.S. labor law.
Under EFCA, HR & employee [...]
Not everyone is up-to-speed about the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA). How one defines it depends upon your position, pro-business or pro-labor. Here are two different perspectives that epitomize the distinction:
Pro-Business Source: SHRM, Society for Human Resource Management
Gist: “SHRM strongly opposes the Employee Free Choice Act”
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Require the NLRB to certify a union [...]
Wondering whether to take EFCA, the Employee Free Choice Act, seriously?
WALL STREET JOURNAL
By KRIS MAHER (March 4, 2009)
MIAMI — President Barack Obama told AFL-CIO union leaders Tuesday in a videotaped address that the controversial Employee Free Choice Act will pass, signaling his full backing for legislation that makes union organizing easier.
“We will pass the Employee [...]
When I audit the communications of companies faced with unionization, one thing that stands out is a focus on profits over people. Not that this is wrong in a capitalist economy – but it can leave employees feeling left out. That sentiment can make a company vulnerable to union organizing.
We’re not talking about news release [...]
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